Suspender for garments



April 27, 1954 SUSPENDER FOR GARMENTS Filed Jan. 9', 1952 WILBUR R. DOVE ATTORNEY w. R. boys 2,676,329

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Patented Apr. 27, 1954 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIC SUSPENDER FOR GARMENTS Wilbur R. Dove, Washington, D. 0. Application January 9, 1952, Serial No. 265,559

2 Claims.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved device for supporting trousers in such a manner that the suspenders will be covered by the shirt, and the weight of the trousers will be supported from the shoulders at points below the arm pits in the easiest and most natural manner. Another object is to provide means to hold a shirt in place by its overlapping edges so that the shirt will be naturally within alower garment such as trousers and will not bulge nor work out of position. An additional purpose of this invention is to provide means that will both support a lower garment and hold shirt edges in place, and further to provide such means permitting independent adjustment of both articles of apparel.

My invention will be better understood and further objects and advantages will become apparent by reference to the following detailed description thereof:

Figure 1 is a perspective View of the device;

Figure 2 is an enlarged view of 2 element I;

Figure 3 is a partial view of combined elements of the device;

Figure 4 is a partial view of an element of the device;

Figure 5 is a view of wings I2 trousers waistband.

Referring now to the in Figure 1, 2 element I0, which is a plate having upper and lower horizontal bars with an intermediate connecting bar generally angularly disposed and forming opposed re-entrant side openings in the plate. The plate is attached at the upper bar by conventional means I4 to elongate or longitudinally disposed flexible support II which extends beyond each end of the bar to partially encircle a wearers waist and which is provided with holes I5. Suspender loops I1 are joined together by back strap I 9 which is attached to suspender loops I! by slide clasps 20, and provided with conventional length adjuster inserted in the tional length adjusters I8, are attached to hooks I6 in the conventional manner. Hooks I6 are designed to pass through holes I5 in support II.

Channel plate I3 forms a buckle member to detachably receive a pair of tongues and is attached to the base portion of 2 element In by conventional means 25. V

' In addition to the foregoing there is shown in Figure 3, shirt 2|, buttons 22, shirt under-lap edge 23, and overlap edge 24. Figure 5 shows flexible wings I2 inserted through slits 28, inside waistband 21 of the trousers. These wings or provided with convendrawings, there is shown 2 elongate tongues are adapted to be inserted into or withdrawn from channel buckle member I3.

The operation of the device, described inthe foregoing, may be summarized as follows: Slits 28 are cut in the front edge of each side of waistband 21, from which conventional suspenders buttons have been removed, and wings I2 are inserted therein, as shown in Figure 5, with the offset ends down. With one hook I6 detached. from support I I, the wearers arms are passed through the loops in suspenders I1, and hook I6 is fastened through hole I5. The wearer then puts on his shirt 2I, and buttons it up after passing under lap edge 23 into the upper opening of Z element Ii] and the overlap edge 24 through the lower opening of 2 element I 0 at the approximate trouser waist level desired. The only parts of the device now outside of the shirt are the base of Z element It], and flexible wings I2, which have been inserted into waistband 21. The wearer then steps into his trousers, inserts the ends of wings I2 into channel plate I3, as shown in Figure 3, and buttons the waistband.

The length of trouser suspension may be regulated by opening the shirt front and moving suspender length adjusters I8. Back strap I9 should be adjusted to the most comfortable position by means of side clasps 28 and length adjuster I8, with the shirt removed. This point is usually across the upper inside corners of the shoulder blades. The shirt may then be pulled up or down, and smoothed across the front before buttoning up the fly.

It will be apparent that when support II, and wings I2 have been bent to follow the contours of the wearer's body, hooks I6 inserted into the proper holes I5 to place the points of suspension of support I I somewhat forward of vertical lines from the armpits, the weight of the trousers will be in balance, front and rear, and the waist line will be horizontal, or can be made to hang horizontal, by moving hooks I6 to front or rear holes I5. Then, clearly, the weight of the trousers will hang in a most natural manner beneath the armpits, and no part of the waist of the trousers need press against the wearers body.

It will also be apparent that the entire device will be covered by the wearers shirt, and the waistband of his trousers. It will also be apparent that the shirt front will be prevented from coming out of the trousers, and bulging, because the lapped edges of the shirt are held firmly by Z element I0, and each side of the front portion of the shirt is held between support II and wings I2 or back of an arm of 2 element I0.

Furthermore, it will be clear that flexible wings 12 will support the waistband of the trousers more evenly than conventional suspenders having six widely separated points of support.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. Combination means to hold trousers and shirt in place comprising a plate formed by upper and lower horizontal bars connected together with an intermediate bar extending from opposed ends of said upper and. lower :bars to form re-entrant side openings in the plate, a longitudinal flexible support secured to the upper bar of the plate and.

extending beyond each end of said bar, adjustable suspender loops detachably connected to said support at selected positions along the support, a buckle member secured to the lower bar of the plate and having means to detachably engage a pair of elongate tongues, a pair of elongate tongues extending outwardly from each end of said lower bar, each adapted to be detaohably held at one end by said engaging means and at the other end to be received by a trouser waistband, said flexible support and said tongues being disposed and adapted to receive a shirt between them.

2. Combination means to hold trousers and shirt in place comprising a 2 plate formed by upper and lower horizontal bars and an angularly disposed connecting bar forming opposed reentrant side openings in the plate, an elongate flexible support secured to said upper bar and extending beyond each end of said bar to partial- 1y encircle a gaging said s wearers waist, suspender loops enupport and means to adjustably engage said loops at different positions along a portion of the flexible support the lower bar of the 2 References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PA'IENTS Number Name Date Potter Dec. 7, 1886 Sey Nov. 16, 1915 Hutchinson Jan. '23, 1917 Perthel Mar. 25, 1930 Meyer Oct. 12, 1937 

